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The Error of the Evolution
of Species

into the ecosystem. In this way,

nothing is wasted. Professor Wilson de-
scribes the importance of this mechanism:

The leafcutters and other kinds of ants, together with
bacteria, fungi, termites and mites, process most of the
dead vegetation and return its nutrients to the plants to
keep the great tropical forests alive. 49
We still do not know how many millions of species
live in tropical rain forests, but we do know that every
species has a different task and importance in these

ecosystems, and that these species live together in har-
mony. This is expressed in an article about Amazon rain
forests in the Turkish magazine Bilim ve Teknik ("Science
and Technique"):

The continuity of species in this Amazon Basin's com-
plex ecosystem is based on their close dependence on
one another. Every species, be it plant or animal, con-
tributes to part of this system with its millions of compo-
nents. Trees, the epiphytes on trees, fungi, monkeys,
vampire bats, eagles, parrots, the crocodiles, piranha
fish and lilies in the river, and micro-organisms invisi-
ble to the naked eye all make different contributions
to the giant ecosystem in which they live.
There are very delicate bal-

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